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PORTABLE KITCHEN CABINET.v

Patented July 30, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LESTER HASKILL, OF FORT MEADE, FLORIDA, ASSIGN OR TO HIMSELF AND EDWARD D. DESHONG, OF SAME PLACE.

PORTABLE KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,770, dated J'uly 30, 1895.

Application filed March 29, 1895.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it 'known that I, LESTER HASKILL, of Fort Meade, in the county of Polk and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Kitchen- Cabinets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in kitchen-cabinets, and has for its object to provide a device of the indicated type which will embody novel features of construction that adapt it for the safe and convenient storage and delivery, as required, of iiour, meal, or grits of diierent kinds and for sifting of the flour or meal as delivered, the cabinet being compact in form, neat in design, and capable of production at a low cost.

A further object is to provide the improved cabinet with means for stirring the meal or grits as drawn from the bins and also -providing for the quick and convenient removal of the sieves used in connection with the bins, so that the sieves may be kept in a clean condition and good Working order.

The invention consists in the construction and combination Iof parts, as is hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar gures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front view of the complete cabinet. Fig. 2 is a partlysectional front view exposing interior parts. Fig.3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the ceutral bin and attachments thereto on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. i is a sectional plan View of the central bin on the line 4 4 in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of details on the line 5 5 in Fig. 3, showing the opened cutoff attachment and sieve of the central flourfurther explained.

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manufacture and also to provide a verminproof cabinet the latter is preferably constructed-mainly of sheet metal, and, as represented, comprises in part-three bins 10 l1 12, 55 which are erected on and secured to a boxlike base 13, that will be further described.

.The bins are vertically arranged in line across the base-support, and, preferably, the central bin l1 is made of greater size than the 6o side bins 10 12, and between the bins 10 and 11 a tier of drawers is situated, these'being supported to slide outward and permit the introduction or removal of material, as will be While it is feasible to give a different shape than that shown to the bins 10 11 12, in order to facilitate quick production and cheapen their construction it is preferred to make each bin mainly cylindrical.

From a suitable point below the center of height each bin is rendered funnel-shaped, terminating in a ring-like fiange, as shown for the center bin in Fig. 3. An encircling flange 10a 11a is furnished, respectively, for the lower 7 5 end of each bin 10 11, and said encircling danges have sieves 10b l1b fitted on their lower edges and thereto secured, which sieves form a reticulated lower wall for the bins when they are in position, as represented in 8o Fig. 3, where the sieve for the center'bin'll is shown. The sieves 10b 11b are designed to be removed from the bins as often as they may require cleaning, and to this end they are held in place by the similar latching de- 8 5 vices shown in Fig. 2, each consisting of a pair of spring-plates a, that are secured at their upper ends on opposite sides of the funnel formations and have perforations in their lower ends to latch on studs b,'that are pro- 9o jected from the iianges 10a 11a, so that the latter may be quickly removed when necessary. On the lower edge of each of the encircling flanges 10a 11a a cross-bar is secured, which bars cross the centers of the said fianges and are perforated at points directly below the said centers to receive the shanks that depend from the centers of two apertured agitator-disks 14 14a, the disks being seated on the sieves and their shanks proroo jected through central perforations thereof and also through the cross-bars mentioned,

the lower ends of the shanks having threaded engagement with nuts 10c 11C, whereby the agitator-disks are loosely secured in place on the sieves. Below the sieves 10b 11b the shanks which depend from the agitator-disks are each oppositely liattened or otherwise formed to adapt them fora nonrotatable but sliding engagement with the longitudinallyslotted rear-end portions of the levers 15 1G.

The converged or funnel-shaped portions of the bins 10 11 12 are preferably produced as indicated in Fig. 3, they being separately formed with regard to the bins and each one secured at its upper edge in place within the bin it is made for, the continuous cylindrical walls of the bins having such a proportionate height that their lower portions will encase the funnel formations and project below the same a suitable degree, as is clearly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, their loweredges being seated on the top wallof the hollow base 13.

The cylindric walls of the bins 10 1l 12 are each apertured to aiord access to the le- Vers 15 16, which may be drawn outwardly through said apertures of the bins 10 11 for vibration, as occasion may require, and doors 10111d l2d are provided to close the apertures mentioned. The doors may lhave sealingjoints on their surfaces that are innermost when closed, said joints being designed to render the doors dust and vermin proof at their points of impingement on the walls of the bins, and a latching device or any other suitable means maybe provided to hold the doors tightly closed.

The bins 10 11 12 have similar removable covers 10g'11'5 12g, that are each preferably furnished with a sealing joint of any suitable material to exclude air, dust, and vermin when they are in position on the tops of the bins. The bins 10 11 have sliding gates 10'l 11 introduced in their funnel portions, which gates are provided with handles, (indicated at 10 11m in Fig. 2, and also at 11u1 in Fig. 3,) these gates when closed serving to cut off the descent of flour or meal from the bins into the lower portions ot the funnels, so that the quantity of meal or flour to be discharged can he graduated by an adj nstment of the gatehandles through the dooreopenings of the bins or be completely cutoff by closure of the said gates, which will hermetically seal the binsl There is a Hour-stirring appliance shown in connection with the agitator-disk 14 in bin l1, (see Fig. 3,) which consists, essentially, of one or more bent arms 14:", that project upward and then inward or toward the center of the agitator-disk, and preferably a plurality of said arms are employed, which will loosen up the iiour or meal as it slides down onto the sieve and piles up so as to cover the disktand arms; and it will be evident that a vibration of the connected lever 16 will partly rotate the apertured disk and attached arms, so as to reduce all lumps that may be formed in the flour and cause the latter to pass down through the sieve, first going through the apertures of the disk that scrapes and presses the flour through the sieve. While not shown, it is apparent that the arms on the agitator-disk 14 may be duplicated for the agtatowdisk 14. in the bin 10 with equally benelicial results, and it is contemplated to make such a provision if considered necessary to properly reduce meal that is stored in the bin 10 to a measurably-comminuted condition bel-'ore its passage through the sieve 10b.

The bin 12, that is intended for storage of oatmeal or wheat-grits ready for use, is not furnished with a sieve, but has a cut-off gate 12b, located at the lower edge of its depending flange 12, which gate is pivoted at one ond on one of a pair of hanger-rods 12C, that are secured at their upper ends oppositely on the funnel formation of the bin, and are joined at their lower ends to a flat plate-like yokepiece 12, the latter having,r a scallop in one edge near the center, so as to permit material to pass down through said scallop when the gate is opened, it being understood that the gate works between the yoke-piece and lower edge of the funnel-flange 122 As crushed wheat or oats has a tendency to become lumpy if :slightly moist when put into the bin,it is of advantage to provide a stirring-arm for the purpose of breaking up such lumps that may obstruct the free deliv ery of the grits when the gate 12b is opened. As shown in Figs. 6 and 7 at 12e, such a stir ringarm is provided, which projects up from the gate within the cylindric lower end of the funnel formation and has a lateral limb preferably produced on it, so that by quickly vibrating the gate to open and close it any lump that cannot pass down from the funnelshaped bottom of the bin 12 will be broken into small portions or so crushed as to permit a free escape of the grits in such quantity as may be required for immediate use, the closure of the gate hermetically sealing the bin 12 and preventing any deterioration of the grits therein stored or the entrance of insects which may seek to feed on the stored material.

The base-piece 13 is preferably given a rect angular form, and has such dimensions that a compartment of sufficient capacity will be aorded for the storage of bread, cakes, or pastry. A door 13, thatis adapted for closely sealing the only aperture in the base-piece, and that is preferably formed in the front side wall of the same, permits the introduction of articles within the compartment when opened and prevents the entrance of dust or vermin when closed.

The drawers 17 are designed to receive spices and sugar, or, if desired, may be used to keep sealed and safe chocolate, small dried fruits, and berries, so as to be ready for use and be preserved from the depredations of mice or insects.

It is apparent from the foregoing description of the improvement that the cabinet is IIO very compact in construction, is comparatively light, very strong, and as it is preferably mounted on casters, as shown at 13, the entire structure may be quickly and easily moved around in a room, which permits the latter to bev swept and otherwise cleaned when necessary, the cabinet being as convenient for transfer from point to point as a table or other article of furniture.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a kitchen cabinet, substantially as described, the combination with the hollow base having a sealable door aperture, of cylindrical bins, each having a close cover, and a seallable door aperture near the lower end, and

also provided with interior depending funnel attachments for the delivery of material from the bins, cut-oft' gates for the bins, and sifting devices for two of the bins, comprising a sieve detachable from the funnel portion of the bin, agitator disks on the sieves, lump breaking arms on said disks, and an extensible handle adapted for vibration and partial rotation of the agitator disks, as specifled.

2. In a kitchen cabinet, substantially as described, the combination with the iiour bin, of the funnel shaped bottom portion, the removable sieve, the spring catches therefor, the apertured agitator disk, the stirring and lump breaking arms on said disk, and the slotted extensible handle lever connected with the disk by a central depending bolt, that has liattened sides to engage the sides of the slot in said lever, substantially as described.

LESTER HASKILL. Witnesses:

RoBT. W. HANCOCK, HARRY M. ADAMS. 

